Twitter shuts down account of Sci-Hub

#1

Post by amrrs » Thu, Jan 14, 2021, 5:37 PM UTC

Twitter shuts down account of Sci-Hub
sciencemag.org

Re: Twitter shuts down account of Sci-Hub

#2

Post by amrrs » Thu, Jan 14, 2021, 5:41 PM UTC

This is absurd. I'd love to see Twitter shutting down Twitter's account because There are lots of Fake News spreading on Twitter!

Re: Twitter shuts down account of Sci-Hub

#3

Post by dimitrios1 » Thu, Jan 14, 2021, 6:03 PM UTC

amrrs wrote: post #2

This is absurd. I'd love to see Twitter shutting down Twitter's account because There are lots of Fake News spreading on Twitter!

"Fake news" isn't illegal. Piracy is.

Re: Twitter shuts down account of Sci-Hub

#4

Post by tyingq » Thu, Jan 14, 2021, 6:05 PM UTC

Not a fan of "pirated" as the descriptive word for what Sci-Hub does. I'm sure some of it fits that description. On the other hand, a fair amount of these papers are funded with taxpayer dollars, and shouldn't be hidden behind paywalls in the first place.

Re: Twitter shuts down account of Sci-Hub

#5

Post by PrefixKitten » Thu, Jan 14, 2021, 6:05 PM UTC

dimitrios1 wrote: post #3

amrrs wrote: post #2

This is absurd. I'd love to see Twitter shutting down Twitter's account because There are lots of Fake News spreading on Twitter!

"Fake news" isn't illegal. Piracy is.

I find the notion of owning scientific knowledge kind of unsettling...

Re: Twitter shuts down account of Sci-Hub

#6

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jan 14, 2021, 6:07 PM UTC

PrefixKitten wrote: post #5

dimitrios1 wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Fake news" isn't illegal. Piracy is.

I find the notion of owning scientific knowledge kind of unsettling...

[deleted]

Re: Twitter shuts down account of Sci-Hub

#7

Post by tehjoker » Thu, Jan 14, 2021, 6:08 PM UTC

"Counterfeit goods"? Sci-Hub is giving us the real deal unlike these for-profit publishers.

Re: Twitter shuts down account of Sci-Hub

#8

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jan 14, 2021, 6:09 PM UTC

[deleted]

Re: Twitter shuts down account of Sci-Hub

#9

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jan 14, 2021, 6:09 PM UTC

tyingq wrote: post #4

Not a fan of "pirated" as the descriptive word for what Sci-Hub does. I'm sure some of it fits that description. On the other hand, a fair amount of these papers are funded with taxpayer dollars, and shouldn't be hidden behind paywalls in the first place.

[deleted]

Re: Twitter shuts down account of Sci-Hub

#10

Post by rektide » Thu, Jan 14, 2021, 6:09 PM UTC

What had Sci-Hub talked about on their feed? Who followed it & can report in?

This seems like the ban may well have been because of who Sci-Hub is, not what they said. Which is an interesting complication to this story of what content/who companies opt to host.